Lapu2x P10-B project

[pandisal]

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It looks like breeding ground for another corruption... no transparency and bypassing a lot of agency


Lapu-Lapu City told to explain P10-B project

Friday, May 9, 2008

Explain the P10-billion reclamation project to the public, instead of “hiding behind the skirt” of the president, Capitol consultant Rory Jon Sepulveda recently told the Lapu-Lapu City government.

This was Capitol’s reaction to the statement earlier made by Lapu-Lapu City legal officer Joseph Vincent Lim that the provincial government, specifically Gov. Gwendolyn Garcia, should raise to President Gloria Arroyo any opposition to the project.

Lim said that Arroyo had already approved the 400-hectare Mactan North Reclamation and Development Project and the city is ready to carry this out but the Capitol’s contention is that the project failed to get any approval from concerned agencies, as required.

“Oki ra unta na kung ang maong proyekto won’t affect other local government units. But it does affect. Other LGU’s like Mandaue, Consolacion and Liloan are part of the province and the governor has to oppose it because the project is made without any consultations,” Sepulveda said.

Lim countered however that considering that Lapu-Lapu City is now a highly-urbanized city, it no longer needs to seek permission from Capitol for any planned development of the city.

Governor Garcia, a board member of the Mactan Cebu Airport Authority, said that the reclamation project may not be in consonance with the development plan of the airport’s runway expansion. The board has already registered its opposition against the project implementation, she said.

The Mactan Cebu Bridge Management Board and the Regional Development Council, where Garcia also sits as chairwoman, will also formalize via resolution their opposition to the project.

The National Economic Development Authority added that the city government had practically “bypassed” all other entities in the approval of this project.

NEDA regional director Arlene Rodriquez said that, as a general rule, before the Philippine Reclamation Authority approves a project, it has to be endorsed first by the RDC, being the highest policy-making body in the region.

The reclamation project will form a small islet covering the offshore land of adjacent barangays of Ibo, Buaya, Mactan and Punta Engaño. Three bridges will connect the islet to the mainland.

Mayor Arturo Radaza had remained unfazed over these oppositions, insisting that the president had already approved the project. He further assured Cebuanos that it would not affect the Mactan Channel. — Mitchelle L. Palaubsanon/RAE

[abuot]

reclamation for lapu2x? would that be a good idea?

[Motownkid]

nang ngisi na pod ang bulsa ni Mayor Radaza ani...

[minimouse]

nang ngisi na pod ang bulsa ni Mayor Radaza ani...

hehehe mao jud

[giddyboy]

bypassing the Cebu Province and other agencies for this project smells something fishy going on in there. ayay, under Radaza rba ni noh? paksit napud...

[simoko]

mang reklamo gyud ning uban...dili gud sila ma piksan sa "grasya"...hapit na rabang 2010 elections...kinahanglan na ug pundo...solo-hon man pud ni Radaza uy kani pud si Gwen...enter dayon...wala pa gani kahatag sa kompletong accounting sa nagasto sa CICC...ambot ni nila uy...pirti man gyuy homota sa wawarts...hehehehe

[cebu-future]

wow, ahem dako na sad ni nga ahahaha

[giddyboy]

mang reklamo gyud ning uban...dili gud sila ma piksan sa "grasya"...hapit na rabang 2010 elections...kinahanglan na ug pundo...solo-hon man pud ni Radaza uy kani pud si Gwen...enter dayon...wala pa gani kahatag sa kompletong accounting sa nagasto sa CICC...ambot ni nila uy...pirti man gyuy homota sa wawarts...hehehehe

CICC is not an issue here. It's about bypassing the Cebu Province and other agencies concerned...take note: there was no single consultation that happened between them...AFAIK, the project does not affect Lapu2x only. it affects the Cebu Province, the Port Authority, and the Mactan Bridge. Even DENR...

mao nay giingon, swapang and selfish act...wala natagam c Radaza sa CICC scandal ky gibalik man intawn cya ug butar sa mga taga Lapu2x. so meaning, nidako ang iyang ulo...he thinks he owns Lapu2x City...

[mykelchua]

nang ngisi na pod ang bulsa ni Mayor Radaza ani...

sus i second the motion.

wa madala sa gi divulge nga scandal sauna dinha sa iyang administration lain napud...

[pxguy2]

korte nalay paigo anan brad